Which Car Do You Remember with Affection from your Youth?

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Reynard

Guru
Never owned a car... but was obsessed with them when i was young, especially if they looked like this:

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...it's probably good that my obsession with cars wore off by the time i was old enough to drive.

Group B rally cars... Now you're talking... I was just getting into motorsport when the first of these were coming onto the scene... I've still got a thing for Group B rally cars even now... :biggrin: I like to paint them occasionally. :whistle:

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Reynard

Guru
OK, am actually currently working on a painting of one of these... Another iconic rally car.

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Drago

Legendary Member
View attachment 390621 My Mum had one of these, but hers had more rust. It had a canvas roof so me and my little sis would stand on back seat with heads poking out as we bombed around Dorset. Renault 4, I salute you.

Ah, the Renault 4. Hit a bump while cornering and the whole thing flexed enough for doors to pop open.
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
Group B rally cars... Now you're talking... I was just getting into motorsport when the first of these were coming onto the scene... I've still got a thing for Group B rally cars even now... :biggrin: I like to paint them occasionally. :whistle:

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Good Lad! I had a model kit of the Rothmans Escort, those decals were a royal PITA... looking back it would have been easier to paint it from scratch than slide those b@stard things into position.

I think car design aesthetically nose dived after the Ford Sierra... all the style was sucked out of them and every car began to resemble a boiled sweet. Reduced drag = sh!t looking cars.

Looking at some of the proper oldies... which bright spark decided to move the wing mirrors from half way down the wings to the door... thus taking all the fun out of adjusting them?
 
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